Stephen Mejias

London-based Vondelpark is Lewis Rainsbury (vocals, production, bass, guitar, keys), Alex Bailey (bass), and Matt Law (keys). Their debut album, Seabed, will be released by R&S Records (In Order to Dance) on April 2nd.

And so, I turn back to the VPI. Or the Nitty Gritty.

Charms swiped from Jersey City's Kanibal Home

Here’s the new video for Gaslight Anthem’s “Bring It On,” from last year’s American Slang. Gaslight Anthem is a New Jersey band who’ve done pretty well for themselves, and that’s just about all I know about them. I’ve listened to this song a few times now, and my feelings remain the same:

Sort of like a drunk wandering around the East Village in search of companionship or something, I stumbled upon this">http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/97dec/vinyl.htm">this outstanding article by Stereophile’s former senior contributing editor, Jonathan Scull. The piece, “All Sales Are Vinyl,” which appeared in the December 1997 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, takes the reader on a brisk tour of Greenwich Village record shops. Though many of the shops mentioned are long gone, others such as A-1, the Jazz Record Center, Academy Records, and Other Music are still going strong, and Jonathan’s writing is at its best. Not only does he capture the joy of the vinyl hunt, he illuminates this unreal city, and does so with his unique, charming wit&#151his comic timing is brilliant.

I am a lucky guy. The Stereophile team is always looking out for me. Today I received this e-mail from Bob Deutsch.

In his essay, "Can">http://stereophile.com/asweseeit/890awsi/">Can We Agree to Disagree," Peter W. Mitchell states: